As a freelancer, I worked primarily with small and medium-sized businesses, many of whom needed web hosting or were already using low-quality hosting (Bluehost, anyone?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In some cases, I referred clients to a shared hosting platform (back in the day it was Siteground, now it's Cloudways)<\/a>. In other cases, I put my client sites on my own hosting platform. I generally took the second option when there was a long-term relationship between my business and the client. Sometimes I charged for this service and other times I included it for free as a sort of \u201cvalue add\u201d to the client. It saved them money and made me money at the same time. Web hosting is not something they want to deal with so it makes sense. Offering a hosting service to clients is a popular way of increasing revenue for web designers and website builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the question arises of whether you\u00a0should<\/em>\u00a0offer web hosting for client sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I'll make it easy for you. No, you shouldn't host your clients' websites<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some of the reasons why you should<\/em> and should<\/em> not<\/em> manage a client website on your hosting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. In many cases, clients who often don't know what they are doing inevitably have access to the WordPress websites administration panel. This requires managing so the client doesn't install dangerous plugins<\/strong> or delete anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Clients often fall victim to shiny object syndrome and pester you to install new plugins, tools, or scripts on the website. Or worse, they have access and do the installation work themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Non-technical clients are targets for hackers and spammers. A virus on a server often affects the entire server and the other sites. So that suspicious attachment that a client opens or that dodgy plugin they install can not only affect their WordPress website or application, it can affect the entire server<\/strong> or IP address. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. On shared hosting, the hosting platform's free email service is often shared from the same IP address. Clients who unwittingly become spammers on the internet when they click on dangerous email payloads can cause problems for every other email address on that server or IP address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. You are the point of contact for that server<\/strong> and when it goes down at 2 am, do you want to be the one to have to fix it or create a support ticket with the hosting company. When things go wrong (and they inevitably will), you are the person your client will look to, not the hosting company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. When a server that hosts multiple businesses goes down (or worse, the entire hosting platform goes down), you've got multiple clients to deal with at the same time<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some things you can do to minimize problems when hosting client websites<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a freelancer, I worked primarily with small and medium-sized businesses, many of whom needed web hosting or were already using low-quality hosting (Bluehost, anyone?). In some cases, I referred clients to a shared hosting platform (back in the day it was Siteground, now it’s Cloudways). 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Here's why you shouldn't <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to Minimize Problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n